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Candida Phoenix Philosophica

The White Philosophical Phoenix

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Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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Sonsten habe ich hierbey noch dieses zu annotiren / keines wegs umbgehen mögen / daß ohngeachtet in vor allegirtem Spruch / des Mercurii nicht minder außtrücklich gedacht wird / man sich jedoch dadurch auch keines wegs irr machen zu lassen / sondern hingegen vielmehr in acht zu nehmen / was der Author brevis manuductionis ad Rubinum cœlestem erinnert: Sine nostro Mercurio (inquit) in hâc arte nihil fit: Vide ergò ne vulgari illo Mercurio decipiaris, qui ad opus nostrum penitus est inutilis, si enim ad extremum usque diem cum illo opereris, nihil in eo reperies.

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Candida Phoenix Philosophica: Part II — Chapter 6: Rainwater as a Subject

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I could not pass over one further observation. Although the maxim quoted above expressly mentions Mercury, we must not be misled by that. We should instead heed the author of the Brief Guide to the Celestial Ruby: “Without our Mercury,” he says, “nothing is accomplished in this art. See, therefore, that you are not deceived by ordinary mercury, which is entirely useless for our work. If you labour with it until the last day, you will discover nothing in it.”

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About This Reading Edition

An anonymous Hermetic treatise of 1680, presented in its original German and Latin with a new English translation, 279 explanatory notes, the historical phoenix frontispiece, an introduction, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and original registers.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Candida Phoenix philosophica. Frankfurt am Main: Christian Hermsdorff, 1680. The chosen witness is the Wellcome Library copy digitized as b32993456; German and Latin, with French, Greek, and Hebrew passages retained.

About Diotimos Editions

This historical edition credits Diotimos Editions as its English translator.

Rights

The 1680 source is identified as public domain by the Wellcome/Internet Archive record. The supplied 2026 transcription, English translation, introduction, notes, reading guide, outline, glossary, bibliography, and editorial arrangement are published with the site owner’s authorization. The frontispiece is retained from the supplied edition and credited to its historical witness.